Jimmie Terrell Harrison, a 43-year-old man from Forest, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a crime that has devastated communities nationwide.
According to court documents, on March 2, 2018, a box shipped via Fed Ex to an address in Forest, Mississippi, was found to have nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine. The box was delivered to the house next door to Harrison’s, and then picked up and brought to Harrison’s house.
Agents searched Harrison’s home and found cocaine and two firearms. The methamphetamine recovered was to be distributed in the central Mississippi area.
This case is the result of an extensive Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, dubbed Operation Highlife, which began as an operation targeting illegal narcotics distribution in east central Mississippi area that involved the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.
The distribution network encompasses the states of California, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The OCDETF program is a joint federal, state and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations.
Harrison will be sentenced on January 9, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine.
The case is a result of a joint investigation led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, with assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department, Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department, Neshoba County District Attorney’s Office, Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Flowood Police Department, Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, Carthage Police Department, Union Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Louisville Police Department, Mississippi Highway Patrol and the United States Marshal Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Chalk is prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: Mississippi
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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